Roll-away bed



M. Fox

ROLL-AWAY BED Jan. 5, 1932.

Filed Sept. 19, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet Ewen-[ r @Mariz'n I635. /h v- 2% WM Jan. 5, 1932. M. FOX 1,839,839

ROLLAWAY BED spaces Patented Jan. 5, 1932 UNIT-ED tsTA-Tes TENT OFFICE MARTIN Fox,- or cirrcireo, rrmnors'nssrenon 2110 THE sENe compan or CHICAGO; rrrmors'ir CORPORATION or rumors norm-AWAY BED flpplicatiomfiled"September 19, 1927. Serial No. 220,468.

This invention'relates in-general to a folding bedand hasmore particular reference to a bed which is folded uprightly and is tlon.

A further objectof the invention is in the provision of a fixed stop in connection with the wheeled carrier for; preventing the accidental folding of the bed when it is extended.

Other important-objects will appear from the specification and the drawingswhichillustrate a. preferred embodiment of the invention. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of'a' bed constructed in accordance with-the principles of this invention Fig'ureQisan endview of the bed in lowered position but unfolded, the head board being omitted for clearness;

Figure Bis a section illustrating the bed "section locking means;

Figure l is a. plan of the bed in unfolded position;

Figure 5 is an end view of the bed in unfolded position, as taken on'the' line 5--5 of Figure 4;; and

Figure 6 1s a side view of thebed in -unfolded position'ta'ken on the line-6+6" of Figure f.

Folding beds of various types are now commonly used in apartment houses for general and continuous use, and for emergencies. Such beds may be attached to-wheeled plates, to door frames, and are commonly foldable into closets or small spaces provided especially for'them. This use-requires'special j V I '15 is a foot board for the bed comprising a construction not only of the supporting plates or door frames but also larger openings and for foldingandunfolding of the bed parts. *In the beds thusdescribed the bed horizontal position.

clothes are folded with and supported by the folding bed frames so that when the bed is unfolded, the bed clothes may be in proper condition for immediately using the bed.

The present inventionis intended to provide a substitute for folding beds rigidly attached at one end, as explained above, as well as to provide an improved construction of folding bed which may be moved from place to place as desired. In the present invention the bedframe is first folded upon itself to enclose the bed clothes and the bed sections thus folded are then ra-ised'to an upright position in a wheeled carrier so that the entire structure occupies a minimum of'fioor space when folded, and being mounted upon awheeled carrier is either rolled from place to place, the dimensions of the folded structure being such that a full sized bed will easily pass through an ordinary closet door without trouble. 1 I

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, a sectional folding bed structure is mountedto swing from a vertical position, as illustrated in Figure 1, tea horizontal position, as shown in Figure 6, in a wheeled carrier or support 10 which hasa number of freely swiveled mountings 11 for supporting wheels 12. Atthe rear of the carrier'is a head board'13 which may be of wood or metahand preferably about half 'ofthe width of the bed when unfolded. To increase the stabilityof the'carrier frame, the front wheels maybe mounted in outwardly rounded portionsof theframe, thereby enlarging the base of the carrier to this extent.

I The carrier comprises a frame which ineludes upright corner pieces 14: in which a subfr'ame 15 is pivoted by means of brackets 16 upright' position upon the subframelS within the carrier and extended toopen position when tlie'subframe is turned downwardly to At the upper or free end of'the subframe legs18 is controlled by a rod 19 connected to carrier 10, in either direction. A spring 27 connected at one end to the stabilizing lever 21 and at the other end to a fixed portion of the frame 10 and tends to draw the lever 21 downwardly to bring its contact wheci 24 in engagement with the same surface as that upon which the carrier wheels 12 rest.

In order to cushion the movement of the subframe 15 in its pivotal movement a number of springs 28 are connected at one end to the carrier frame 10 and at the other end .to a cross piece 29 of the subframe 15, the

cross piece being located between the pivots of the subframe 15 and the adjacent head end of the frame and tending to oppose the downward movement of the subframe. Thus the raising and lowering movement of the structure is balanced so that very little effort is required either in raising or lowering the folded bed in the carrier frame.

In its folded position, the stabilizer lever 21 is so proportioned that its wheel 24 is raised very slightly from the surface which supports the carrier, but a very slight downward movement of the subframe causes the stabilizer wheel 24 to engage the floor, thereby preventing the carrier 10 from overturning when the bed is being pulled downwardly.

.At the front of the carrier 10 is a partition or shield 30 with a recess 31 in its central portion, converging toward the top for seating therein the springs 27 of the stabilizer in folded position and for covering the balancing springs 28 when the structure is folded.

Secured to the subframe 15 adjacent the outer or free end is a bracket having a stop portion 32 for engaging the legs 18in their folded position, as shown more clearlyin Figure 1. This limits the hinging movement of the legs and prevents them from turning the wrong way and buckling when the bed frames are pulled downwardly. f

Mounted in the subframe is a folding bed structure comprising outer sections 33 and 34 and an intermediate section 35. The intermediate section is pivoted adjacent end brackets 36 secured to the ends of the frame 15 and upon a tubular truss bar 37 having a central portion secured by fastening screws 38 to one side of the subframe 15 and having offset ends with pivot pins 39 extending through the ends of the section and mounted in the bracket plates 36.

The inner and lower bed section is pivoted aheaded projection 42 slides and engages for holding this section in a raised position.

The other or outer bed section 34 is pivoted to the other side of the section 35, and at each end of this section is a pivoted leg 43 having an operating link 44 attached to its upper end and to the bed section 35 for automatically folding and unfolding the leg in accordance with the movement of the section 34.

Each le is braced by means of a rod 45 connected at one end to the leg and at the other end having a loose connection with a hollow tubular frame member 46 which constitutes the outer side of the section 34. At the ends of either or both of the outer bed sections are bed clothes holders 47 pivoted in short uprights 48 and held in raised or lowered position by means of spring 49.

In orderto prevent the accidental collapsing or upwardly swinging movement of the folding bed in its extended position, the carrier frame is provided with a support 50 adapted to engage the under side of the head end of the frame of the bed section 35 at a distance from the-horizontal pivot of the subframe- 15, preventing it from being turned downwardly onthe outer side of the pivot plate 36 by an undue weight at this point and from being swung with the subframe about its pivot.

The bed frame sections form a frame for a yielding bed fabric 51, supported from the end frames by springs 52, and a mattress pad is placed directly upon this fabric 51, the

bed clot-hes being :placed in a well known manner upon the mattress pad. When the bed sections are extended, as shown in'Figures 4, 5, and 6, a yielding sleeping surface is provided substantially twice the width of the carrier 10. In folding the structure, the outer bed section is raised by manually grasping and raising the outer section 34, folding the bed clothes between the sections. In order to hold the bed sections in this folded position, a flexible strap 53 is attached at one end to the sub-frame 15 and carries a hook 54 adjacent the other end for engaging the bar 46 of'the outer bed section 34, ailoop 55 of the strap projecting beyond the'hook 54 for ease in applying or removing the hook. I

V l/Vhen the bed sections are secured in their folded position by thefastening strap 53 and hook 5.4, the subframe and the sectional bed structure are raised to vertical position by manually raising the outer or foot section of the bed, turning them about the axis of the subframein the carrier 10. This causes the movement of the legs18 of the footboard to a right angle position, as shown in Figure 1, the withdrawing of the stabilizer within the confines of the carrier frame so that the entire structure is compactly folded in an upright position within the carrier frame, 00- cupying a minimum floor space. In unfolding the structure, the subframe is first drawn downwardly about the carrier and the above described operations are reversed.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the construction, combination and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a folding bed of the class described, a movable base support, a frame pivoted adjacent one end in the support and rotatable from a vertical to a horizontal position, a sectional bed bottom mounted in the frame and unfoldable therefrom in its horizontal position into a plane different from that of any of the sections or of the frame, and means extending from the base support for engaging one of the bed sections in its unfolded position for preventing accidental collapsing of the bed sections.

2. In a folding bed of the class described, a

- supporting base, a frame pivoted adjacent one end in the base to swing from a vertical to a horizontal position, a bed bottom comprising a plurality of sections pivoted together for folding movement upon the frame, means for supporting and extending the bed bottom in horizontal position above the frame in its horizontal position, and means comprising a support extending from the supporting base to engage the under side of the end of one of the bed sections for preventing the accidental up-ending of the bed bottom and frame due to a heavy weight adjacent this end of the bed bottom.

MARTIN FOX. 

